Still growing

Somebody told me recently that there are now places in Scotland that cut grass every month of the year .  I think it was to do with public spaces  and the different ways of managing them  but it was  also a reflection on climate change.

In fact I think we could probably  cut grass  here in Argyll  all year round if it were not for the very wet conditions that characterise the winter months (though they are not entirely absent from the summer ones too ).

The green in this picture is grass that has grown from seed in the last two months or so.   This bit of ground between the house and the study was in a mess and small trees kept slipping down the banking , so we had it tidied up in October , and sowing the seed was a hopeful  but , we thought slightly unrealistic,  gesture towards next year's growing season.   Surprisingly though it has sprouted and looks as if it will  provide good cover next year.    

(I know I have mentioned the hand pump before  - it is fitted above a 100 metre well - but finding out about using cooking oil to lubricate the leather and about priming with water  were major steps  forward in making it work , and proof that  there are always new skills to be learnt !)